alimentation
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French alimentation.
Noun edit
alimentation (countable and uncountable, plural alimentations)
- (law) Alimony.
- (biology) Nourishment, as a process or as a substance.
- A French delicatessen.
Usage notes edit
The term is restricted to technical usage in English, unlike in its source language French, where alimentation is a commonplace word for "food".
Derived terms edit
References edit
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “alimentation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /a.li.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file) - Homophone: alimentations
Noun edit
alimentation f (plural alimentations)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “alimentation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Noun edit
alimentation f (plural alimentations)